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I got faith

Of the heaaart

A lot of that is probably steam decks

(this is unrelated but I've only been going by she for a little while and it felt kinda nice to be called she like that, thank you.)

almost no one in China feels that their state is an oppressive force, they feel the opposite. The government has more than a 90% approval rating. The overwhelming majority of Chinese people view their society as legitimate and socialist. If you had any interest in democracy at all you'd respect this perspective instead of imposing your own

point is focus your criticisms on your own society that's 1000x worse than even the most exaggerated crimes about China, cracker. Chinese people aren't children and they can handle their own country in their own way, they don't need some forum poster condescending to them and you don't need a warped preoccupation with a country that probably has nothing to do with you

i'm sure Chinese people need patronizing crackers from the west to instruct them on what communism actually is

Star Trek is one of the things I still hang onto as optimistic about the future. We can make a better world for everyone and overcome racism, capitalism, transphobia, etc. We can build something better and reach for the stars. And that's always been the message. The characters have advanced technology like ships and teleporters, but what's really advanced is how they are as people. They're curious, educated, accepting people who want to explore the universe for the sake of it.

I also hang onto the X-Men. That was also important to me growing up, seeing how the characters could come together to defend themselves against hatred. I grew up in a really conservative area so I'm always gonna be grateful to Star Trek and X-Men (and later all sorts of books) for keeping me sane as a kid

Good post

Are you saying capitalists and engineers are one in the same? Maybe sometimes, but it's not capital that makes things, it's labor.

What in the hell is capitalist hardware? Does my computer own a factory?

"Death to America" is like our version of "and peace be with you." It's a nice phrase to say at the end of every statement.

Yeah this is why I didn't do great with programming in college. I didn't find any part of it interesting.